An inkjet-printed solar-powered wireless beacon on paper for identification and wireless power transmission applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4178-4186

  Kim, Sangkil ^a   Georgiadis, Apostolos ^b   Collado, Ana ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active antennas; energy harvesting; flexible electronics; harmonic balance; inkjet printing; solar antenna; wireless beacon; wireless energy transfer; wireless identification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ACTIVE CIRCUITS; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; BIOMONITORING; CIRCUIT TRACES; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; FOLDED-SLOT ANTENNA; GENERATOR CIRCUITS; HARMONIC BALANCE; INTEGRATED OSCILLATORS; OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; PAPER SUBSTRATE; POWER TRANSFERS; REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR-POWERED; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; WIRELESS ENERGY; WIRELESS IDENTIFICATIONS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION;

COSTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INK JET PRINTING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; SLOT ANTENNAS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

COMMUNICATION; COSTS; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INK JET PRINTING; NOISE; OSCILLATORS;

EID: 84871772883     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2222922     Document Type: Article

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